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On Feb. 21, the marquee outside Leon County Civic Center in Tallahassee, Fla., read, "Hampton Roads Admirals vs. Tallahassee Tiger Sharks." But in hockey, where there are games within games, the players knew that the co-feature was going to pit tough guys Louis Bedard of Tallahassee against Aaron Downey of Hampton Roads for the East Coast Hockey League heavyweight championship. "I've got a reputation as the tough guy in the East Division," said Downey, "and Bedard was beating up everybody in the South Division."

If you are a hopeless romantic, "Only You" is the film for you. Faith Corvatch (Marisa Tomei) believes that her destiny, named Damon Bradley, was predicted by a Ouija board and fortune teller when she was a teen. But she can't wait for Damon Bradley forever, so she gets engaged to a goofy, controlling podiatrist. A few weeks before the wedding, Damon Bradley calls to speak with her fiance. Faith is certain that this is a sign and jets off to the airport to catch him before he leaves for Italy.

Director Ron Underwood has made at least two movies ("Tremors" and "City Slickers") that worked. They were formula films, but they had a heart. At least they didn't have a mechanical heart like Underwood's new film, "Heart and Souls." Robert Downey Jr., stars in this paint-by-the-numbers exercise. He plays Thomas Riley, a banker, who had four ghosts enter his body when his parents were in a near-fatal car crash on the way to the hospital when he was born. By some physical law of the afterlife the ghosts can't leave Riley.

Richard Attenborough's new epic, "Chaplin," isn't that bad, but you shouldn't expect to come away from it with a keen understanding of the great comic genius. Attenborough and the film's star, Robert Downey Jr., clearly know Chaplin's work very well, but I didn't get the feeling they understand Chaplin, the man. Most of my "how" and "who" questions about Chaplin were answered, but the film offers no "whys." For instance, near the end of the movie, Chaplin (Downey) says he considers himself second-rate.

Acerbic talk-show personality Morton Downey Jr. is coming to local radio Monday. Downey's new radio program will air live from 9 a.m. to noon weekdays on WTAR-AM (790). "We hadn't been doing a lot of talk, and this is a step in the right direction," said Cindy Butler, WTAR's promotions manager. "He'll add a little spice to the lineup." Downey's former television show was a lighting rod for controversial topics, and his radio program promises more of the same. Listeners will be able to call in questions and comments.

KARIDES - IKONOMOU Kalliopi G. Ikonomou and Dimitrios G. Karides were married May 4 at Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Newport News by the Rev. Peter Makris. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Georges Ikonomou of Newport News. She graduated from Ferguson High School and Brooks College in Long Beach, Calif. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Karides of Palm Harbor, Fla. He graduated from Norfolk Christian High School and Old Dominion University.